Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-15

at Murrfetsa and express trans for
meals. sThia town appears to have a
bright future before it and is on boom.
The next station is Fallbrook, down
in woody dale:
Fair as the garden of Hesperides,
Is the bright vale our snow-crowned noun
taihs bound;
You'd ,o,,ns ysiPly seek the circlius earth
One of the finest stations will prob.
ably be made at Fallbrook. 1t is one
Of the most lovely spots on the Califor.
MIA Southern railroad.
Down below, as the train bursts out
of the foothills the Pacific Ocean is
spread out to view, and the traveller
beholds 0ceanside, most charming
spot on the seashore, with beautiful
cottages rolling surf, and q joyous pop
ulation on all sides. The town is a
beautiful mea aud is really worthy the
boom that it is receiving at the present
time.
At Encinitas, stages leave. the line OF
the California Southern for the booming
town of Escondido, twelve miles east OF
the coast. This town is worthy rival
of San Jacinto and unless the latter
keeps up its boom will be distanced by
the new town. Escondido Is situated in
valley of $4,000 acres of fine land nd
is being rapidly settled by very thrifty
class Of people. Within the past they
have wrought wonders in the way of de.
velopment. They have already erected
Nj. Z. Church, be autiful and spacious
hotel costing $4,000; brick public
school building, $900f; the Christian
Church; Congregational; Nj. 4 Church
South, Roman Catholic and Uni.
tartan churches are preparing to
erect church buildings to accommodate
the rush of settlers to this rare and
beutiful valley. But bolder move
ment is now going forward, the erection
of noble college building to lie used as
a branch of the University of Southern
California. The soil is good, water pure
and plenty, and all kinds OF semi-tropi.
cal and northern fruits grow luxuriantly.
Escondido is on glorious boom.
Del Mar beyond Oceanside is another
pleasant seaside resort that is now re-
ceiving and enjoying boom.
SAN DIEGO CITY.
But when all the booms in that county
are put together, San Diego on her
matchiess bay excels them all by in
cluding her suburb Coronado Beach.
Within the past two years the city has
more than doubled in size. Street rail.
ways have been extended, wharves
erected, streets opened and graded in
nearly all directions, Massive brick
buildings from three to five stories in
height are constantly being erected, and
there are to-day more fine buildings OF
brick going up than there are in Los
Angeles with five times her population.
The new Pierce & Morse block, five
stories high, eclipses any thing in Los
Angeles except the Baker Block. The
st. James Hotel and half dozen others
are superior in architectural beauty to
any of the Los Angeles hotels. All the
buildings now under construction are
large and generally three to four stories
high, while some rich Angslenos are
building one-story structures on Main
street.
Now there is to be erected on the cor
ner of Fourth and Z street an immense
building 200xl00 feet by Messrs.
Bryant. Stuniff, Thomas and Nesmith.
This building will probably contain an
opera house. On the corner of Fourth
and G streets, a four story brick, with
ele ctric bells and all modern improve
ments including elevators, is to go up at
once as the contracts are let; cost, $40.
900. On the site of the old Methodist
Church, corner of ID and Fourth streets,
building is now under way. to cost
$50, 900. The church will have chapel
up stair, and rent the first floor. Messrs.
Pauley aud Gassean are about to put up
large building ON the corner of Fourth
and 4 streets. All these buildings going
ornamental and costly, and from present
appearances the whole town will consist
of large aud snowy buildings in short
time.
CORONADO BEACH.
Across the bay westward from San
Diego lies the Coronado Peninsula. di.
viding the bay from the ocean.
Across the peninsula is a dummy rail
way that carries passengers from the San
Dieago ferry to the beach, where place
of great activity is to be seen. More
| than lO0 men are constantly at work In
building the great Hotel Del Coronado.
This great editice is to contain 700 rooms
all ensuite. The grand hall and dining.
room are on the ocean side of the hotel,
and all rooms have a magnificent view
of breakers, bay or mountain. A town
has been laid out and 20, 900 evergreen
shadetrees have been plaoted. The
vast edifice when lighted, as it
will be, by incandescent lights, will
be an object of beauty by sea
and land. 1t is TO be four 'front.'
ed and to be made to accommodate more
guests than any hotel in the world. 1t
is fitting place to eud this trip of near
ly 300 miles through the Southern Boom.
which on this line uas proved continu-
Gus. A longer line might have been
drawn by starting in San Luis Obispo or
Fresno. but this will suffice as q speci-
men of the Southern Boom for the tim Q